9i client tnsping error

From: Guang Mei <gmei_at_incyte.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:17:33 -0500
Message-ID: <NJEDKDKJDGAKAEKKNEEJAEMBCNAA.gmei@incyte.com>

Hi:

I have just installed oracle client 9.2.0.1.0 on one unix box (called curly), and I am trying to connect to an oracle 8173 server (on another unix box, called rex). During the installastion, the net service part had test successful and it installed sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora automatically.

The files are those:

curly$ cat sqlnet.ora
# SQLNET.ORA Network Configuration File:
/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/admin/sqlnet.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.

NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = incyte.com

NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME) curly$ cat tnsnames.ora
# TNSNAMES.ORA Network Configuration File:
/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.

NPD.INCYTE.COM =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = rex)(PORT = 1521))     )
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = NPD)
    )
  )

ping is working ok,

but tnsping is not working:

curly$ tnsping NPD

TNS Ping Utility for Solaris: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on 18-FEB-2004 14:09:02

Used parameter files:
/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/admin/sqlnet.ora

TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name

If I do sqlplus user/password_at_NPD, I will get:

SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Feb 18 14:11:18 2004

ERROR:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name

looking at sqlnet.log:

curly$ more sqlnet.log

Fatal NI connect error 12545, connecting to:

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)(PROGRAM=/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/bin/o racle)(ARGV0=oracle)(AR
GS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))')(DETACH=NO))(CONNECT_ DATA=(CID=(PROGRAM=)(HOS
T=curly)(USER=oracle))))

VERSION INFORMATION:

        TNS for Solaris: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
        Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for Solaris: Version 9.2.0.1.0 -

Production
  Time: 18-FEB-2004 14:11:19
  Tracing not turned on.
  Tns error struct:
    nr err code: 0
    ns main err code: 12545
    TNS-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist     ns secondary err code: 12560
    nt main err code: 515
    TNS-00515: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist     nt secondary err code: 2
    nt OS err code: 0

I have done client installation before and never had this kind of situation. ANy idea what could be the problem?

TIA. Guang

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